Taylor Swift wowed in a bikini as she spent the long Independence Day weekend hanging out with famous pals in fun throwback snaps posted on Friday.
The superstar, 33, who is collaborating with Paramore’s Hayley Williams and Fall Out Boy on Speak Now (Taylor’s version), shared some snaps on Instagram Friday after taking it easy at the beach with her famous friends.
‘Happy belated Independence Day from your local neighborhood independent girlies, the Miss Independent artist wrote.
Referring to her return to the road, the Grammy winner, finished up the post writing, ‘See you tonight Kansas Cityyy.’
Taylor looked fit in a red and white bikini top and denim cut-off shorts as she stuck her tongue out and flashed the peace sign.
Party time: Taylor Swift took some time out from her Eras tour to spend the long July 4 weekend with her famous pals, including Selena Gomez, Alana Haim, Danielle Haim, Este Haim, Ashley Avignone and Sydney Ness
Giddy: Taylor embraced gal pal Selena as she larked around for the day
She appeared to be makeup free as she wore dark sunglasses and let her blonde hair lie hang in natural curls.
Joining her in the fun were besties Selena Gomez, Alana Haim, Danielle Haim, Este Haim, Ashley Avignone and Sydney Ness.
Selena, 30, looked relaxed as she reclined on her side wearing an ecru sweater and denim shorts with her head pressed fondly against Este Haim, 37.
The Rare Beauty founder appeared to be makeup free, and styled her dark hair in a ponytail.
Este, who sings with her sisters, Alana and Danielle in the group Haim, showed off her athletic physique in a black one-piece swimsuit with white trim and a tank top and low back.
Taylor’s stylist, Ashley Avignone, 38, showed her patriotism, wrapped in a towel inspired by the US flag and showcasing her toned abs in a black triangle bikini top.
Her blonde locks were styled in a straight bob and she wore dark glasses as she snuggle up to Selena, flashing a peace sign for the camera.
Sydney Ness, smiled broadly wearing a two toned blue bikini top and high waist denim shorts.
The model wore dark sunglasses on her makeup free face and styled her blonde hair in a straight bob.
Danielle, 34, also went with a black triangle bikini top, showcasing her tones abs in a low cut pair of shorts.
The Summer Girl singer wore a billed cap over her long dark locks, which hung in loose layers down her back as she stretched her arm high to share a peace sign.
Alana, 31, smiled for the camera, wearing dark sunglasses as she sat back to back with Taylor on the grass with the beautiful blue ocean behind the group.
Taylor shared a page of Polaroid type photos of the good friends hugging and cavorting in her house.
One shows the Karma singer, and Selena hugging.
Another shows the pals of 14 years sharing a froze red, white and blue bomb pop.
For her new re-record of Better Than Revenge, Swift has reportedly softened a vicious old lyric about her ex’s latest girlfriend.
In the midst of her legal battle with Scooter Braun over her original masters, Taylor decided years ago to re-record all of her old albums, releasing new ‘Taylor’s Versions’ to which she would own the rights.
Tomorrow, fans will be treated to ‘Taylor’s Version’ of her 2010 album Speak Now, which included the original edition of Better Than Revenge.
The old lyric – which has now been discarded in favor of a more politically correct line – went: ‘She’s not a saint and she’s not what you think. She’s an actress, whoa. she’s better known for the things that she does on the mattress, whoa.’
Aglow: For her new re-record of Better Than Revenge, Swift has reportedly softened a vicious old lyric; she is pictured in album art for her new edition of Speak Now
However Page Six reports that the ‘mattress’ jab has been replaced with: ‘He was a moth to the flame. She was holding the matches, whoa.’
Evidently a smattering of fans have managed to sneak a listen to Taylor’s Version of Speak Now prior to its official debut on Friday.
At the time of its first release in 2010, Better Than Revenge was widely presumed to be about Taylor’s ex Joe Jonas and his subsequent flame Camilla Belle.
Over the course of the intervening decade, however, Taylor developed a friendly rapport with Joe, who is currently married to Game Of Thrones star Sophie Turner.
Taylor has also, in recent years, vented her frustration about being on the business end of ‘slut-shaming’ during her 20s.
‘I was 23 and people were… making slideshows of my dating life and putting people in there that I’d sat next to at a party once and deciding that my songwriting was a trick rather than a skill and a craft,’ she told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe.
‘It’s a way to take a woman who’s doing her job and succeeding at doing her job… [and] completely minimize that skill by slut-shaming her.’
She noted that she was absorbing the remarks ‘at a very young age, so that was a bit hard. That was one of the first times I was like: “Wow, this is not fair.”‘
